The Crusades And The False Gospel Behind It
During the Middle Ages, Muslim Turks took control of the Holy Land and made the lives of professing Christians who visited there difficult. Sojourning to the Holy Land was part of their worship.
In response, Pope Urban II gave a convincing sermon that fired up thousands of professing Christians. He encouraged them to rescue the Holy Land from the hands of Muslim Turks, and that in doing this, they are to wear a red cross on their chests or on their sleeves. Hence, the term "CRUSades." Fighters wore crosses as they went to battle.
He promised them salvation if they do it. They would go straight to heaven if they die in the attempt. This was the beginning of the Crusades.
How different it was with the condition set forth by God for the salvation of a sinner. The Crusaders were made to believe that they would be saved if they fight and die in battle. The Bible, God's Word, on the other hand has this to say:
Ac 16:31 ..."Believe (trust or rely) on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved..."
It is not our fighting and dying in the battle that saves, no, it's what the Lord Jesus did on the cross...if we trust in it.
It is not our fighting and dying in the battle that saves, no, it's what the Lord Jesus did on the cross...if we trust in it.
